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Calf bottle 2 qt/3qt?
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<blockquote data-quote="farmerjan" data-source="post: 1651767" data-attributes="member: 25884"><p>That feed that you showed the picture is not a calf starter. It is for weaned beef animals on pasture.That's calves in the 4-600 lb range. You need a calf starter that is 14-16% protein, but has more grains in it and less grain byproducts. Many calf starters are a "sweet feed", textured, not a pelleted feed but some pelleted feeds are fine if they are a starter feed. </p><p></p><p>We did a little experiment a several years ago. Had a beef cow (1/8th jersey) that lost her calf. She would not take another calf but would stand to be milked. She was a bit of a pet (ya think???)... So I milked her twice a day and fed calves with her milk. She produced about 2 - 1/2 gal a day... just on pasture.... with some alfalfa hay while I was milking her. So in essence she could feed 2 calves. But there was the dairy influence though diluted. I read somewhere there was a study done ...this was years ago... that said a beef cow could produce up to 3 gal a day at peak production but the average was under 2 gal a day. Depending on the grazing conditions. Remember that the calf is drinking in small doses..... many times a day. 1-2 pints at a time... several times a day. So the cows never get a real "full" udder. Beef cattle also have a higher fat than most dairy animals. 4.5 to 6% fat has been considered to be the norm. </p><p>If things are going well with the calf, I would not change. By the time it hits 3-4 weeks, it will be looking for the feed as well as the bottle.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="farmerjan, post: 1651767, member: 25884"] That feed that you showed the picture is not a calf starter. It is for weaned beef animals on pasture.That's calves in the 4-600 lb range. You need a calf starter that is 14-16% protein, but has more grains in it and less grain byproducts. Many calf starters are a "sweet feed", textured, not a pelleted feed but some pelleted feeds are fine if they are a starter feed. We did a little experiment a several years ago. Had a beef cow (1/8th jersey) that lost her calf. She would not take another calf but would stand to be milked. She was a bit of a pet (ya think???)... So I milked her twice a day and fed calves with her milk. She produced about 2 - 1/2 gal a day... just on pasture.... with some alfalfa hay while I was milking her. So in essence she could feed 2 calves. But there was the dairy influence though diluted. I read somewhere there was a study done ...this was years ago... that said a beef cow could produce up to 3 gal a day at peak production but the average was under 2 gal a day. Depending on the grazing conditions. Remember that the calf is drinking in small doses..... many times a day. 1-2 pints at a time... several times a day. So the cows never get a real "full" udder. Beef cattle also have a higher fat than most dairy animals. 4.5 to 6% fat has been considered to be the norm. If things are going well with the calf, I would not change. By the time it hits 3-4 weeks, it will be looking for the feed as well as the bottle. [/QUOTE]
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